Durbin, Lee pitch ‘compromise’ bill to renew Section 702 authority - Roll Call Senate Judiciary Chair Richard J. Durbin outlined new legislation Thursday that would renew a powerful surveillance authority. Roll Call · Mar 14, 2024
Schumer calls Netanyahu obstacle to peace, urges new elections - Roll Call The criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu was the strongest rebuke by a senior U.S. official over with war with Hamas. Roll Call · Mar 14, 2024
‘We demand a cease-fire’: Takeaways from Biden’s Rust Belt campaign swing - Roll Call President Biden was back in Wisconsin and Michigan to raise money and court voters — but he was met with more pro-Palestinian sentiment. Roll Call · Mar 14, 2024
The highs, lows and weirds of covering the White House - Roll Call Roll Call's Niels Lesniewski shares his experiences covering the White House as he prepares for a new assignment in the newsroom. Roll Call · Mar 14, 2024
Supreme Court to weigh government role in online misinformation - Roll Call The case could determine how far the federal government can go to in communicating with social media sites. Roll Call · Mar 14, 2024
Growing teen THC use could further complicate cannabis policy - Roll Call Adolescents are using an often unregulated, psychoactive derivative of cannabis, according to national data released Wednesday. Roll Call · Mar 14, 2024
Schumer signals slower pace on TikTok measure in the Senate - Roll Call Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer offered no timetable for a vote on a measure to force the divestiture of TikTok. Roll Call · Mar 14, 2024
Hispanic Caucus renews effort to expand campaign map - Roll Call BOLD PAC, the political arm of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, is backing candidates in states with small but growing Latino populations. Roll Call · Mar 14, 2024
House GOP members — well, some of them — head for the hills - Roll Call After a rocky year, less than half of House Republicans said they would attend a retreat that began Wednesday at a West Virginia resort. Roll Call · Mar 13, 2024
In the Spotlight: Michelle Fischbach - Roll Call A Republican from Minnesota, she saw a House panel advance her bill that would block a rule to require minimum staffing in nursing homes. Roll Call · Mar 13, 2024
House Democrats urge VA to find gun rider workaround - Roll Call Rep. Mike Thompson led nearly 140 lawmakers in urging the VA to minimize the fallout from a gun-related policy rider in a new spending law. Roll Call · Mar 13, 2024
House easily overcomes objections to pass TikTok bill - Roll Call The House voted to pass legislation that would force TikTok's owner to divest the company or lose access to more than 170 million U.S. users. Roll Call · Mar 13, 2024
Mississippi’s Ezell, Wicker win Republican primaries easily - Roll Call Sen. Roger Wicker and Rep. Mike Ezell won Republican primaries in Mississippi after challengers questioned their conservative bona fides. Roll Call · Mar 12, 2024
Senators warn of threats to ’24 election, but disagree on what they are - Roll Call Two Senate panels tackled election security ahead of November, with Democrats spotlighting threats to poll workers and voting rights. Roll Call · Mar 12, 2024
Roll Call · Mar 12, 2024 Colorado’s Ken Buck to make early exit from the House next week - Roll Call Colorado Rep. Ken Buck, who previously said he would not run for reelection, said Tuesday he will quit the House next week.
Roll Call · Mar 12, 2024 Rating change: Presidential race looks even between Biden, Trump - Roll Call Unlike 2020, when he was a challenger facing an unpopular incumbent, Biden is the unpopular incumbent seeking reelection.
Roll Call · Mar 12, 2024 Federal courts seek to stop ‘judge shopping’ with new rule - Roll Call The federal judiciary announced a new rule Tuesday on how cases are assigned to judges to discourage so-called “judge shopping” nationwide.
Roll Call · Mar 12, 2024 Special counsel defends Biden classified materials investigation - Roll Call Special counsel Robert K. Hur defended his report on President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents at a House hearing Tuesday.
Roll Call · Mar 12, 2024 House panel shows video of sweeps that missed Jan. 6 pipe bomb - Roll Call The chairman of a House panel questioned Tuesday why Secret Service sweeps missed a pipe bomb near the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Roll Call · Mar 12, 2024 TikTok bill heads to House floor as Trump backs away from ban - Roll Call The legislation would require TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance to divest its U.S. subsidiary within six months of the law taking effect.
Roll Call · Mar 11, 2024 Capitol Police could bolster staffing, security under Biden budget proposal - Roll Call Capitol Police would see a steep funding increase in the coming fiscal year under President Joe Biden’s budget request released Monday.
Roll Call · Mar 11, 2024 House report questions police response to Jan. 6 pipe bombs - Roll Call A House subcommittee report aired “serious concerns” about the police response to pipe bombs discovered on Jan. 6, 2021.
Roll Call · Mar 11, 2024 Marcia Fudge becomes second Cabinet secretary to leave Biden team - Roll Call HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge is leaving the administration, only the second Cabinet secretary to quit Team Biden.
Roll Call · Mar 11, 2024 Ezell, Wicker facing challengers in Mississippi primary - Roll Call Rep. Mike Ezell and Sen. Roger Wicker, both Republicans, face challenges in an otherwise sleepy Mississippi primary on Tuesday.
Roll Call · Mar 11, 2024 Budget proposal includes funds for presidential transition, if needed - Roll Call The General Services Administration's proposal includes $7.2 million for the potential new president to get operations up and running.